Founded by Jerome P.
Keuper in 1958 as Brevard Engineering
College, absorbing University of Melbourne (Florida), and changing its name to Florida Institute of
Technology in 1966, Florida Tech is a growing independent technological college centered on engineering fields. Florida Tech employs around 800 people at its home base in Brevard County . It attracts over 3,000 full and part-time
residents to Melbourne each year...